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Recognised as Colour

#C9BDCD

  • #C9BDCD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C9BDCD is a violet with RGB values 201, 189, 205 and HSL 285°, 14%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C9BDCD#C9BDCD
HEX#C9BDCD
RGBrgb(201, 189, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7412, 0.8039
RGB percentages78.8%, 74.1%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(285, 13.8%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 7.8%, 80.4%)
CMYK2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,221,325
CSS custom property--colour: #C9BDCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#364232

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC0CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C9BFC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7Silver · ΔE 9.7Light grey · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 13Gainsboro · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1CDBD
Analogous#C1BDCD, #CDBDC9
Triadic#CDC9BD, #BDCDC9
Split complementary#C9CDBD, #BDCDC1
Tetradic#CDC1BD, #C1CDBD, #BDC9CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F7F9
Lighter +10%#E1DAE3
Darker −10%#B1A0B7
Darker −20%#9A83A1
Darker −30%#816889
Darker −40%#66526C
More saturated +25%#D0AFDC
Less saturated −25%#C5C5C5

Channel breakdown

R201
G189
B205
Red201 (78.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)13.79%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G BD · B CD

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